Drugs, diamonds and deadly cargoes

By Alain Lallemand

Israeli Leonid Minin has an expensive drug habit, and a fondness for beautiful woman and polished diamonds

Excerpts from this story referencing "Sofia":

"… eposits worth up to $3 million. He told the investigators he had come from Sofia and traded precious wood from Liberia and owned companies in China, Liberi …"

"… o Minin, who, at that time, was staying in room 204 of "Hotel Atlantic" in Sofia. Via fax, Minin received a blow-by-blow account of the weapons transaction …"